My 6th Anniversary...

Friday, February 15th, 2002...

We both said "I do." In a church full of friends and families... Little did we know what was in store for us down the road.

We have been through our fair, and unfair share, of struggles and troubles, ups and downs, highs and lows... We have been to the point of throwing the towel in for a number of reasons...

Six years later... We have two beautiful little girls and are expecting our third. I would choose him all over again. If I could do things differently I would in a heartbeat to take away the hurts and pain caused, the trauma endured, the trust broken and loss of love and innocence in a relationship thought to have been made in heaven... I would take away the skeletons in the closets, the lies told and covered for years, the broken promises, the hurtful words said...

BUT...

I would not trade anything in this world for: my children, knowing that every morning I will wake up beside my husband, knowing that when I am scared he will be there to protect me to his best ability, when I am sick he takes care of me, his silly little antics that drive me crazy but secretly I would miss if they went away, the kisses that he sneaks when no one is looking, kisses in the car, having his arms around me to hold me for no reason, the three hand squeezes and four back that our special - only to us. I love him with all my heart and I am grateful for all the fun times that we have had together, all the special moments... All the God-given moments that we have had together and I am thankful that despite our past that he loves me and I love him. I'm grateful for the Daddy and husband that he is and for the man that he is allowing God to constantly change and mold him into who he is now and who God wants him to be now and forever. I'm thankful that we took the vows "til death do us part" and I'm thankful that we have chosen to make that our daily vow to each other... Spoken out loud or not.

I'm glad that we have celebrated our 6th anniversary of marriage and I look forward to a hundred more... Well... If we live to have that many :o). You get the point!

I love you Baby! I love you so much! You are my S.A.B.... Hand squeeze to the third power times infinity! All of my love for all of my life...

Ash